Manor House

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2026

Marcia Roberta Quitete

A good option for a quick stay on your way to somewhere else.

8/10

Excellent

01 Aug 2026

Susan

The hotel has a lot of character, although it was a bit tired is some ways. Breakfast was generous and served right at the time we had preordered it.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2026

Richard

The hotel is wonderful. The staff is extremely attentive. Dinner is perfect and breakfast has a great selection.
Two thumbs up!! 👍👍

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2026

Ron

The food is excellent. Paddock to plate from their own farm.

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2026

James

This is a good place to stay, clean, comfortable, very friendly and attentive staff and good food. I booked 4 rooms for my family who were traveling to attend my daughters wedding, all concerned were very handy with their stay. You are well looked after at this hotel.

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2026

stephen r

No problms here.
Simple breakfast for us,good location.
River walk at front door.
No issues

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jul 2026

Amlan

Parking was easy though roadside. Near to town center so lot of dinner options. Felt safe enough , at least in daylight. Walked back at 9:00 p.m. from dinner. Good for one night.

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

14 Jul 2026

Jessica

Location is very central and there is ample parking.

The person who checked us in used scare tactics to opt into eating dinner and breakfast at the hotel saying we wouldn’t be able to find a meal anywhere else, which we did not appreciate. We were able to find both dinner and breakfast around town without issue.

The hotel and rooms are very run down. The floors and bathroom needed a good cleaning. We thankfully only stayed one night and it was fine, but I wouldn’t recommend and this should be rated more of a 1 or 2 star motel.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Jul 2026

Peter

Very well located and really nice meal. Rooms were a bit dated however clean enough.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2026

Shanna

We loved this family run hotel! Leo and Mary Ellen were welcoming and helpful, including getting us a taxi to the ferry early in the morning. We ate dinner here one night and it was excellent- local lamb chops and steak pie and chips. I’d highly recommend Manor House if you want a smaller hotel with personal service. We stayed in the main building .

Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Jun 2026

Lynn

Not completely clean

Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2026

Laura

The rooms were fine, very clean although the bathroom a bit tight.
Parking was easy, just across the road. Breakfast was very good, made to order.
Dinner in the restaurant was incredible - really excellent - I highly recommend enjoying a meal there!!

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Betty

My room was quite large with a lovely view from all the windows! The manager/owner was very friendly and so appreciative of our visit. A big plus was also being able to get a nice dinner in the cute pub after a very busy day on a Rabbie’s tour. It was a nice homey change from a typical hotel room.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

12 Jun 2026

steven

The place is undergoing some major bedroom renovations and although our newly renovated bedroom was basic it was very clean with a new ensuite which had a very powerful shower. The hosts were extremely welcoming and helpful. The bar area is used by locals who were very friendly and helpful in suggesting places to visit. The breakfast is cooked to order from fresh quality produce. Great location, very easy and plentiful parking, good value for money

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2026

Philip

A

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2026

Stephen

Breakfast and dinner food was 5 star.

Dining room decor and cleanliness was 2 star

Staff friendliness was 5 star.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2026

Stewart

Lovely stay, wonderful staff, charm and character in abundance

Friends

4/10

Poor

31 May 2026

Adriaan

Het hotel was erg onverzorgd, rommel in het trappenhuis, ongestreken lakens, vies toilet in de badkamer

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 May 2026

Elizabeth

Owner/staff were very pleasant. Food is good. Room was very poor - small, hard bed with worn sheets and terrible pillows. Overall, hotel seems run down.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2026

Kathryn

Good breakfast, great staff

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2026

MIRIAM

Friendly helpful staff who organised a ground floor room for us. Good dinner with excellent vegetables. Room was large. The accessible shower was a bit difficult to manage

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2026

David

Enjoyable stay very friendly staff, good food and locals use the bar.

I spent a very enjoyable evening.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Feb 2026

James

Our rooms were clean and warm.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

24 Nov 2025

Kerry

Staff courteous. The room, foyer etc not clean.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2025

Joanne

Staff were fabulous. Very friendly and helpful and helped make our stay a great one.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Oct 2025

Andy

Manor House

Nice hotel friendly staff and ideal location

Business

8/10

Excellent

08 Oct 2025

Graham

This is my second stay and I was happy to return. The owners are friendly and welcoming.
My room was in a separate building but it was comfy and quiet. The bathroom was spacious and I learnt you needed to run the shower for a wee while to get the hot water running. However the water pressure was good.
There were options to eat in the hotel and opted for breakfast. It was cooked to order and was well presented.
The location is very central and you are close to the river and all the amenities of the town.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2025

Daniel E

Very convenient to the ferry to Orkney

6/10

Pleasant

29 Sep 2025

Richard

The room was fine, but the property could do with being redecorated, it was a bit tired.
Cooked breakfast was ok.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2025

Szymon

Overall very nice hotel. Beautiful inside and outside. The guy on the bar/reception a bit specific. Room clean and warm. Car park on the street but seams to be safe.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Sep 2025

Neelika

We enjoyed the friendly and helpful staff who were very happy to help with any enquiry.
The bar and restaurant was a great part of our choice to stay, and it was excellent.
Parking was easy and accessible. Never any issue with a close location.
Our room was on the ground floor as requested, which was greatly appreciated. Our bed was a large queen, with very firm mattress, but afforded a good nights’ sleep. Shower was good hot water a plenty.
All in all, we enjoyed our stay very much.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2025

Patricia Ann

Food is excellent!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2025

Joshua

The restaurant downstairs was incredible and had a great range from pub classics to even lobster at a very reasonable price. Great family run accommodation and I had a great time there.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2025

Mary

The staff are very helpful and the room was comfortable, clean and spacious.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2025

Brian

Thurso

Situated good. A few minutes walk from the town. Big room and big bathroom. Think the room is usually meant for older people or people with disabilities. The place does breakfasts and dinners.

Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Aug 2025

Zaid

Good experience

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2025

Aleita

They were very accommodating to our group of 6, very friendly, food was amazing!!! We loved our stay.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2025

Mary

A nice big room for 3 people

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2025

Amanda

Great property, very well maintained, friendly & welcoming staff

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Aug 2025

Jill

Great spot for a stay in Thurso.

Hotel has a breakfast included in our booking. Dinner can be purchased there as well. The room was bright and airy and bathroom clean. The beds were comfortable but the pillows were awful. Old and lumpy.The dining area and foyer looked a bit dirty and unkept though.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Aug 2025

Patricia

Staff and food was excellent. I think it would be helpful if they could get their wifi upgraded as very spotty which isn’t helpful when you are planning your next journey. Room was very cozy clean

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

05 Aug 2025

Lord Ivor

Not that great

Was very noisy with live band in the morning was first down for breakfast other people got theres first

Self

2/10

Poor

22 Jul 2025

Per Ole

Very strange bathroom....

The strangest bathroom I have ever seen. The sink was at knee height.The toilet seat didn't fit the toilet and the bathroom floor was quite dirty. The joints between the wall and the bathroom floor were also quite dirty. The mattress in the bed was old and uncomfortable. Would definitely not recommend this hotel to anyone.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jul 2025

Pamela

My room had about a foot on each side of the bed to squeeze past. The walls needed repainting.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2025

Steven

Home for home

We booked online last minute called up to say we would arrive in 30 minutes, the staff was very eel and helpful.
We was shown to our room then went down for an evening meal, the food was excellent and we was made to feel as part of the family, it is a lovely warm feel place with lovely people and the rooms was amazing the bed was so comfortable.
Breakfast was delicious and plentiful we would highly recommend staying in the Manor and meeting this lovely family it’s one of the best I have ever stayed in.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2025

Ron

Lovely room well furnished. No hot water at first but this was soon sorted. Very happy with our stay.

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2025

Dianne

The people were lovely. The breeds and pillows were hard. The food in the restaurant (breakfast and dinner) was excellent!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2025

Rejo

Nice stay

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2025

Jamie

.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2025

Adrian

11/10 from me

Lovely hotel in great location with parking
Former Ramada hotel taken over by Indian family
Indian restaurant on site
Most powerful shower ever had
Great staff - clean rooms nice bed and pillows
11/10 from me and I will me back

Business

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2025

Edith

Lovely home.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

11 May 2025

Verified traveler

Very tired hotel

Food was good and staff were friendly.
The whole hotel appeared tired.
Our room had matted hair in the carpet. We did ask for a room to be hoovered, it didn't happen. Room was so small the TV was on the right of the bed in line with headboard. uncomfortable to watch.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

Antoinette

Very Friendly and welcoming. We had a really enjoyale stay. The food was delicious

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2025

Damien

Excellent

Excellent for absolutely everything
Very Comfortable bed
Shower was great
Good location
Food was amazing too as well as a continental breakfast which was well needed
And an absolute bargain of a price as well

I will definatley be staying again in the future

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2025

Haydn

Nice clean, fresh & warm room. Staff good crack. Local beers good. Would recommend.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2025

Amy

Brilliant stay. Very comfortable.

Partner

2/10

Poor

27 Dec 2024

Bhuvnesh

All the beddings had hair in it, bathroom was smaller than a dog house. Been to more than 25 countries. This is the worst I’ve ever stayed in.

8/10

Excellent

25 Oct 2024

Carl

Highly recommended.

Great place to stay. The room was very comfortable and location with plentiful parking was very good. Doing some renovations on it but was not a factor. Highly recommended. Great rate.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

17 Oct 2024

Alan and Elaine

The owner and her sons were personable, friendly and helpful. Food was very good. Beds were comfortable and warm.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

03 Oct 2024

Sadia

Decent hotel, comfortable bedding but the floor was really annoyingly noisy with every step. It needs some work. The hotel itself was quite noisy too, especially when someone upstairs ran the water, possibly the shower. I’m not sure but it sounded like the water was running inside my room! So loud and annoying. Managed to sleep well though which was the main thing. They had good wifi and tv has Netflix (for you to sign in to your own account) but I had my laptop so just used that.
Decent overall. Breakfast was good and staff were lovely.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2024

Chris

Irish owner is welcoming, helpful, and a delight. Beautiful rooms and dining on site. Fresh local food - including haddock just off the boat - is offered.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2024

Paula

Rebecca and her brother were very friendly, helpful and welcoming. We were lucky to be on the first floor. We met her parents the next day ( owners) who were also very friendly and hardworking. My dinner and our breakfasts were very good. Easy access to the ferry and on a quiet street with old stone houses.
Thank you for a brief but enjoyable stay.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Sep 2024

Karyn

Friendly place. Nice food.
Wee bit tired.

2/10

Poor

16 Sep 2024

David

Manor House disaster

All round bad experience, I was doing a road trip around Scotland and at 8pm when I was at John O'Groats I had a call from The Manor house to tell me my room had flooded and they would put me in another room in a building down the street. The room they put me in was terrible, it was tiny had no on suite, no tea/coffee etc a hole in the wall that looked like a punch hole and defective lock on door, the shared toilet bathroom was filthy. They offered breakfast and a burger?chips as compensation. I sat in the room for 10 mins and decided it was not fit to stay the night. I phoned the Manager and was told they had suddenly got a room available so I went back and was given a room on the 2nd floor that at least had comfortable beds and on suite bathroom toilet. I agreed to stay in that room and after 90mins of stress got a reasonable nights sleep. In the morning when I woke up I noticed even this room was sub standard with stains on the ceiling and flaking plaster on walls and around windows. I went down for breakfast and asked to see the manager, I was very interested to see the supposed flooded room and I want some explanation for all the problems the night before. Reception told me the manager was making breakfast and would speak to me after I had my breakfast. After I finished breakfast I went back to reception and was told the manager had suddenly had to go to Inverness and had taken the key to the flodded room with him. I truly believe they owe me a full refund.

Self

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2024

Lee

This hotel has a lot of beautiful history wrapped through it. It is charming, as are the people who manage it. It is in the middle of renovations, and once those are completed, I'm sure it will be lovely! I feasted on lamb curry one night there, and it was very delicious! I even recommended it to the bus driver who dropped me off there the following night. I would eat that lamb curry any night!

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

14 Aug 2024

james

Room was very small with a weird and unhygienic toilet sink combination that took several flushes to work. Room was dirty as there’s building work going on and all the dust and dirt had been walked in. Communal areas were dirty as well. WiFi didn’t work, smart TV didn’t work. All in all a terrible experience.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2024

David

Very friendly, good food.

Partner

4/10

Poor

24 Jul 2024

Robert

Disappointed

House was surrounded by scaffolding due to roof repairs. Very old tired House, bed was very old and very uncomfortable. Room was not very clean with no tv service as it was waiting on a service call. Had a meal in restaurant and food was good.
Never came in to tidy room, change towels etc during our 3 night stay.
Owners were friendly and kind but House needs a major overhaul

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2024

Daniel

Wonderful place and wonderful people running it! They set up a taxi for us so we had no worries! Highly recommend!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2024

Kevin

Nice place, just had issue with the food. Diner was inedible, breakfast was not much better. Room was great, food major let down.

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

Great hosts

Lovely family. Really good food. Beautiful views across the river. Would benefit from some investment but the priority should be to get some hotel grade bedding.

Business

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2024

Catherine

Didn't look great from the outside due to all the scaffolding. But we had a very large, clean room. Would go back for sure.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2024

Alison

The Manor House is continuing its rerufb. Our room was very big, (family room, 1 double, 1 single) beds were comfortable, room was cosy and clean. Location was great for restaurants or takeaway food, supermarket.
😊👍

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2024

Brian

Highly recommended.

Very nice overnight business stay and would definitely return in the future.

Business Partner

4/10

Poor

08 Jul 2024

Roger

One nighter

Room was big and light but barely able to get in the shower/toilet.The room needed a lot of paintwork and was a bit shabby. The mattress was thin and uncomfortable and the second bed had not been remade and had clearly been occupied by someone else.
For somewhere to stay overnight waiting for the ferry it was not horrible but would not stay more than a night. The people were polite and to judge by the scaffolding all over the house they are probably doing up the property bit by bit. Overall however I would not be rushing back.

Partner